Automatic window wiper



p 3, 1935- G. M. CONWAY 2,013,200

Q I AUTOMATIC WINDOW WIPER Filed Dec. 9, 1950 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 I rwenlor F 15 WM Spt. '3, 1935. G. M. CONWAY 2,013,200

AUTOMATIC WINDOW WIPER Filed Dec. 9, 1950 Sheets-Sheet 5 [bill/1% w A Home y Invenlor P 1935. ca. M. CONWAY 2,013,200

AUTOMATIC WINDOW WIPER Inventor Allorney- Sept. 3, 1935. G. M. coNwAY ,0 3, 00

AUTOMATI 0 WI NDOW WIPER Filed Dec. 9, 1930 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Invenlor Ahfomey I Patented Sept. 3, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AUTOMATIC wmnow WIPER George M. Conway, Kansas City, Mo. Application December 9, 1930, Serial No. 501,150

. 3 Claims. (Cl. 15-255) This invention appertains to new and useful ing spout 8 disposed through an opening in the improvements in window wipers, and more parbottom plate 9 of the housing 6 to terminate at ticularly to a novel window wiper of the autoits discharge end adjacent the windshield pane a matic type. i l0.

"6 a The principal object of the invention is to pro- As is shown in Fig. 4, the interior of the spout vide a combination window wiper'andanti-freeze 8 is separated from the receptacle proper (intefluid'applicator, wherein both function automatiriorly speaking) by a partition II which has a cally. 3 seat structure l2 provided thereon. A seat struc- Various other important objects and advanture l2 is'provided at the-top of the receptacle tages of the invention will become more apparent 'l and is inwardly disposed and tapered to re- 10 to thereader as the invention-is better'underceive the tapered valve element [3, carried by stood from the following specification and claims. the upper; end of the'stem l4. i

In the drawingsz- A secondvalve I5 is provided on the stem I4 Figure 1 represents a front elevational view, adjacent the lower'end thereof; which will seat fragm'entarily showing the windshield of an autoon the structure l2 simultaneously withsthe seat 15 mobile. with the novel window wiper mounted'in ing of the valve l3 on the seat l2." The lower association therewith. end of the stem l4 has a laterally disposed arm Fig. 2 represents a vertical transverse sectional l6 which is connected to the upwardly. disposed view through an automobile looking toward the rod." on the 'outerside of the receptacle J; '..'I 'his 2o inner side of the windshield to disclose'the 0011- rod I1 is slidably disposedthrough guides.l8.and

trol of the invention. a spring I9 is interposed between the lower guide Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken sub-, l and h m l .f 1' m ly m ainin the stantially on the line 3--3 of Fig. 4. I valves l3 and 1,5 seated. A it Fig. 4 represents a vertical sectional view A lug m sp Oh the 6. IT a j ent 5 through the invention and associated structure the pp r nd t er A Conduit k x d of an a t bi1 from the lower portion of the receptacle 1 im- Fig. 5 represents a vertical sectional view, at y above t e partition throu h the taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4. Windshield frame w th ner Side. Of the Fig. 6 repre nt a horizontal s ti al i w frame to terminate at its discharge end in juxtatliroughthe inv ntio position to the windshield pane :lll'. 30

, 7 re e t a ti l sectional vi w A valve 23 is provided in the conduit 2| for though th invention shutting the same ofi when desired. I Fig. 8 represents a fragmentary vertical sec- A motor 24 is mounted Within the h n tional view taken substantially on the line 8--8 the armature shaft o which s p v d With a Fig. 9 is a fragmentary sectional view showing Site mh. T w m 25 dr ves h r 21 on a detail. the shaft 28, the latter shaft having a small bevel Fig. 10 represents a detail horizontal sectional gear 28 keyed thereto. A view on line Ill-1n of Figure 3, The worm 28 drivesthe gear wheel 30 on the Fig. 11 represents a cross sectional view of the shaft 3! which also carries the pinion 32, the lat- 4o outer wiper. ter being in mesh with the relatively large gear 33. Fig. 12 is another crossisectionaj view of the The aforementioned bevel gear 29 meshes with "wiper in wiping engagement with the windshield. the relatively large bevel gear 34 on the shaft 35 Fig. 13 re'presentsa cross sectional view of one and as is clearly shown in Figs. 6 and 9, the gear of the'controlmembers. 34 has a cam 36 secured to one side thereof and 45 Referring to the 'drawings wherein like nuagainst this cam rides the foot 31 on the leg 38.

merals designate like parts, it can be seen that This leg 38 has a collar 39 at its inner end pronumeral 5 represents the frame of the usual vided with a slot 40 through which the pin 4| windshield construction, a housing 6 being seprotrudes. I I cured to the outer side of the windshield frame, This Din 4| is 011 the shaft 42 wh1ch extends 50 and an anti-freezefluid containing. receptacle "through the tubing 43 disposed through the re- 1 is mounted in a position between the housing ep acle 1 and extends through the windshield hand th o t id of th fram 5, frame 5 to terminate at the inner endthereof in This receptacle 1 is substantially triangular in a control head 4t. 1 shape, the same being provided with a depend- T aforementioned 111g 20 on the upper end of worm 25 at one end and a worm 2 6 at its oppo- 35 shown in Fig. 9-. Thus, when the gear 34 is rotating, the cam 36 intermittently raises the leg 38 which in turn imparts motion to the lug 28,

lifing the rod l1 and causing the air valve l3 and fluid by-pass valve to open admitting several drops of the anti-freeze fluid into the spout 8,

- from where it flows to the windshield pane l0.

By rotating the shaft 42, by its handle 43, the leg 38 may be moved to the dotted line position shown in Figure 9 and in this position of the parts, the cam'36 will not actuate the valve of the receptacle 1 so that the wiper may be operated without the use of liquid.

The aforementioned gear 33 has the rod 45 pivotally and eccentrically secured thereto as at 46. A triangular shaped rack 46 is pivotally secured to a support as at 41. The opposite end of the rod 45 connects to the rack 46 as at 48. The rack teeth 49 mesh with the pinion 58 on the shaft 5|, while the rack teeth 52 on the bottom side of the rack 46, mesh with the mutilated gear 53 on the shaft 54, a bracket 55 supporting both the shaft 5| and the shaft 54.

The shaft 54 is secured to the block56 which has a threaded recess in one side thereof to receive the outer end of the hollow rotor 51, journaled through the windshield frame 5. The novel windshield wiper andfluid applicator is generally referred to by numeral 58 and is provided with a stem 59 which extends upwardly through the block 56 and is provided at its upper end portion with a rack 60 which meshes with the gear 6| on the shaft 62 which extends through the rotor 51 this shaft being equipped at its inner end with a control member 63.

Obviously, by rotating the shaft 62, the stem.

59 can be fed upwardly, so that the transversely disposed block 64 which is substantially triangular in cross section, canbe elevated into the V- shaped notch 65 at the lower end of the block 56.

Obviously, the further into the notch the block 64 is disposed, the less swing will be permitted on the stem 59 when the wiperis being employed for applying the a'nti-freeze fluid to the windshield pane. A cross pin 66 is provided at the upperend of the stem 59, and as is clearly shown in both Fig. 7 and Fig. 6, the arm 61 on the shaft 5| will alternately engage the opposite sidesof one end of the pin 66 during the oscillation of the shaft 5|.

Obviously, when the stem 59 is elevated to its highest extent, the pin 66, will be at an elevation out of the path of the arm 61, thus permitting the wiper 68 to be employed solely as a wiper in the position shown in Fig. 12. Of course, when the stem 59 is in a low position as shown in Fig. '7, the same will swing at each extreme position during the oscillation of the wiper 58 so as to cause either one of the felt strips 68 to wipe against the windshield .pane In, the strips 68 being of felt or some other absorbing material, so as to act as applicators of the deposited antifreeze fiuid to the windshield pane.

Interposed between the absorbing strips 68-68 is the squeegee 69. I I

A second wiper 18 of the conventional construction is provided with the arm H, which is equipped at its upper end with aclamp structure 12 for engagement against the inner end of the rotor 517, so that the inner wiper will operate simultaneously with the outer wiper.

In order to stop the wiper at a definite position out of the ordinary line of vision of the driver, a shaft 13 is journaled through the windshield frame 5, the same being equipped at its inner end with a control element 14' and at its outer end with a collar 14 having a pair of angularly shaped fingers 15 and 16 projecting therefrom.

This shaft 13 also carries an arm 11 loose thereon. The upper end of this arm 11 is pivotally connected as at 19 to the claw bar 19 having the head 80 on its freeend engageable with the lug 8| on the rotor 51. Pins 8 |-8| serve as stops for the arm 11 and numeral 82 represents one contact, while the shaft 13 serves as the opposite terminal of the motor circuit, (not shown). During operation, the head 88 is disengaged from the lug 8| while the arm 11 and bar 19 serves as a connector between the shaft 13 and the contact 82.

When it is desired that the operation of the device cease, the shaft 13 is rotated so as to actuate the finger I5. This finger will move the arm 11 over to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 5. This movement however does not entirely separate the arm 19 from the contact 82 so that the motor is still moving. With the parts in this position the lug 8| will engage against the head 86, so that the bar 19 is moved to entirely disengage from the contact 82 and thus the motor will be stopped with the parts in a predetermined position, with the wiper elements located .at one limit of their movement so that they 'will be out of the line of vision of the driver, and the parts will always come to rest with the wiper element in this position. When it is desired to start the wiping operation the shaft 13 is turned in an opposite direction to cause the finger 16 to move the arm 1'! to the full line position shown in Figure 5 so that the circuit is again closed and the head 88 on the arm 19 is moved out of engagement with the pin 8|.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in definite terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be restored to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:-

1. A wiper device of the class described comprising a,motor driven oscillatory member, an arm attached to said member, a wiper element carried by the arm, and manually operated means for adjusting the arm vertically, motor driven means for rocking the arm about its longitudinal axis at each end of the oscillatory movement of the member, when the arm has been adjusted vertically to a position in the same plane with said motor driven means, and the wiping element including a distributing strip which is moved into engagement with the member to be wiped by the rocking movement of the arm whereby a liquid placed on said member to be wiped will be distributed on said member to be wiped by said strip.

- 2. A windshield wiper of the class described comprising a rotary member supported in a part of the windshield frame, a block connected to the outer end of said member, an arm having its upper end supported for vertical movement in the block, a wiping element at the lower end of the arm, a gear connected with the block, a rack meshing with the gear, motor driven means for oscillating the rack, a second gear meshing with the rack, an arm connected with the second gear, a projection on the wiper arm engaged by the last mentioned arm for rocking the wiper arm about its longitudinal and manually operated means for adjusting the wiper arm vertiarm vertically in the block, a projection on the cally to move the projection thereon into and out of engagement with its operating arm.

3. A windshield wiper of the class described comprising a member rotatably arranged in the upper part of the windshield frame, a block connected to the outer end of said member, a shaft connected with the block, a gear on the shaft, a

rack meshing with the gear, motor driven means for oscillating the rack, an arm having its upper end supported for sliding movement in the block, a wiper element connected with the lower end of the arm and including a wiper strip and a distributing strip on each side of the wiper strip,

manually operatedmeans including a shaft passing through the rotary member for adjusting the upper end of the arm, an L-shaped arm for en aging the projection when the wiper arm is in a position in the same plane with said L-shaped arm, said projection being disengaged from the L-shaped arm when the wiper arm is in another position, a shaft carrying the L-shaped arm, a gear thereon, a second set of teeth on the rack engaging said last mentioned gear, a reservoir containing anti-freeze solution, a nozzle leading from the reservoir to a point adjacent the windshield, a valve in the nozzle, means operated by the motor driven means for opening the valve at predetermined times and manually operated means for moving the parts to a position where the valve will not be opened by such means.

GEORGE M. CONWAY. 

